Career Opportunities withLevin Furniture & Mattress
This is an entry-level position that will support our Merchandising staff in all areas of merchandising.
* Provides support to buying staff
* Provides analysis of product sales
* Supports the Buyer by monitoring the results of competitive shopping and pricing
* Travel to stores, and collaborate with stores to ensure they have all pertinent information for all products
* Ensures accuracy of merchandise reports and assortment sheets
* Assists the Buyer with all necessary pricing ladders to achieve sales, margin, and turnover targets for total office and area of responsibility.
* Responsible for populating any necessary documents for decision-making
* Coordinates vendor meetings and communication
* Update system for retail changes, cost changes
* Working with the buyer to learn to determine the overall mix of market and private label products for each buying area to ensure the final mix is ultimately customer-oriented
* Assisting the buying team to proof web copy
* Identifying photos on the web to be reshot to drive sale
Education and Experience:
* Bachelor’s degree in business or merchandising, and 2+ years prior work experience in furniture retail or interior design environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills and Abilities:
* Ability to apply effective communication skills, reading, verbal and written, to interact with customers, colleagues, and stakeholders.
* Demonstrated knowledge of PC’s.
* Demonstrated knowledge of software, including Microsoft Office.
* Excellent verbal and written communication, and listening skills.
* Demonstrated knowledge of furniture
* Ability to travel independently to stores regularly with occasional overnight travel.
This position is on-site Monday - Friday, 8:am - 4:30 pm
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